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and that means that we still have a big hole to fill. gwen: who is in that big hole? and why is it that month after month, and after month, it never seems to get more shallow? >> let's go back a little ways. a few months ago, the economy seemed to be having a nice head of steam. we were seeing very strong job growth numbers of 200,000 per month. and suddenly everything seemed to hit a wall. we've had a run of bad luck. we had very bad snowstorms earlier this year, a series of natural disasters here. the big hit came from gasoline prices that shot up to around $4 for gasoline because of the libyan rebellion. and finally the japanese earthquake and tsunami turned out to be a much bigger negative for us than we may have appreciated. because it cut off the flow of vital parts. put all those things together and it cost a lot of momentum. may very poor job numbers and in june, very poor job numbers. it was kind of surprising because in fact over the last few weeks, we had a wave of optimism because some of those tempering negatives seemed to be going away. as gasoline price
and that means that we still have a big hole to fill. gwen: who is in that big hole? and why is it that month after month, and after month, it never seems to get more shallow? >> let's go back a little ways. a few months ago, the economy seemed to be having a nice head of steam. we were seeing very strong job growth numbers of 200,000 per month. and suddenly everything seemed to hit a wall. we've had a run of bad luck. we had very bad snowstorms earlier this year, a series of natural...
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this is tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. it is not plan to solve the problem to go after corporate jets or even to go after the hedge fund guys, although i would sure like to. they have got to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. everybody -- this is the point that gets lost in this -- everybody is in this boat. there is no way out, as every american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> evan is right, because it is going to affect everybody. evan addressed the possibility of defaults. when that happens, the federal government of the united states, which borrows 40 cents of every dollar we spend every single day, is faced with the option, do you pay a sergeant in combat in kandahar, a grandmother in a 1-bedroom apartment, a social security check, or do you meet the obligations of the bankers who are holding their debt in beijing and beverly hills? the answer is simple. the prior claim is on the second group. the reality that we are contending with -- what the president is
this is tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. it is not plan to solve the problem to go after corporate jets or even to go after the hedge fund guys, although i would sure like to. they have got to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. everybody -- this is the point that gets lost in this -- everybody is in this boat. there is no way out, as every american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> evan is right, because it is going...
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this is tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. it is not plan to solve the problem to go after corporate jets or even to go after the hedge fund guys, although i would sure like to. they have got to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. everybody -- this is the point that gets lost in this -- everybody is in this boat. there is no way out, as every american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> evan is right, because it is going to affect everybody. evan addressed the possibility of defaults. when that happens, the federal government of the united states, which borrows 40 cents of every dollar we spend every single day, is faced with the option, do you pay a sergeant in combat in kandahar, a grandmother in a 1-bedroom apartment, a social security check, or do you meet the obligations of the bankers who are holding their debt in beijing and beverly hills? the answer is simple. the prior claim is on the second group. the reality that we are contending with -- what the president is
this is tiny, tiny little drops in a big ocean. it is not plan to solve the problem to go after corporate jets or even to go after the hedge fund guys, although i would sure like to. they have got to raise revenues, i hate to say it, on the middle class. everybody -- this is the point that gets lost in this -- everybody is in this boat. there is no way out, as every american does something. >> raise revenues on the shrinking middle class, mark. >> evan is right, because it is going...
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the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two democrats and one republican pended op-ed in the "new york times" which called for a more rapid withdrawal of all american combat troops. tom udall is among those arguing the case. thank you for joining me. you criticize president obama for not bringing back american troops fast enough from afghanistan. what would you like him to do? >> the thing we have to realize is the thing we went in with objectives. those objectives were displacing a government that was harboring terrorists. terrorist camps, al qaeda was hooked up with them, and osama bin laden was in the region. now we have an elected government, we have completely changed the landscape, we have trained approximately 400,000 afghans in ter
the afghan forces lacked much and british officers say privately they are -- there is still a big problem with corruption. nato's deployment has peaked. the question now is will the afghans be able to do the job of the british soldiers have been doing as they start to leave? >> that is the question indeed. on the ground, the fighting continues. in washington, three american senators, three -- two democrats and one republican pended op-ed in the "new york times" which called for...
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that is a big jump from the last time we checked in. this is a big number. now, you have to will try to come from behind. the nearest possible number you could say is that google has 240 million users of t mail. if they could convert all of us to use the new google plus, they would be trailing dramatically. on sheer numbers, google has a lot of catching up to do. >> we have not mentioned microsoft yet. is microsoft the kind of secret winner in all of this? >> well, it depends on how they handle spec. the skype acquisition is still under review. we expect it will go through. only then will we know on what microsoft will do to improve or potentially screwup skype. the history on this is 5050. until we know what microsoft will do with skype and how they might handshake on that the facebook with deeper integration, it is kind of hard to say. we were disappointed by how i interesting this facebook announcement was. what they have done is to play catch up, they have not moved the ball forward. >> thank you very much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> now, to flor
that is a big jump from the last time we checked in. this is a big number. now, you have to will try to come from behind. the nearest possible number you could say is that google has 240 million users of t mail. if they could convert all of us to use the new google plus, they would be trailing dramatically. on sheer numbers, google has a lot of catching up to do. >> we have not mentioned microsoft yet. is microsoft the kind of secret winner in all of this? >> well, it depends on how...
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and that means that we still have a big hole to fill. gwen: who is in that big hole? and why is it that month after month, and after month, it never seems to get more shallow? >> let's go back a little ways. a few months ago, the economy seemed to be having a nice head of steam. we were seeing very strong job growth numbers of 200,000 per month. and suddenly everything seemed to hit a wall. we've had a run of bad luck. we had very bad snowstorms earlier this year, a series of natural disasters here. the big hit came from gasoline prices that shot up to around $4 for gasoline because of the libyan rebellion. and finally the japanese earthquake and tsunami turned out to be a much bigger negative for us than we may have appreciated. because it cut off the flow of vital parts. put all those things together and it cost a lot of momentum. may very poor job numbers and in june, very poor job numbers. it was kind of surprising because in fact over the last few weeks, we had a wave of optimism because some of those tempering negatives seemed to be going away. as gasoline price
and that means that we still have a big hole to fill. gwen: who is in that big hole? and why is it that month after month, and after month, it never seems to get more shallow? >> let's go back a little ways. a few months ago, the economy seemed to be having a nice head of steam. we were seeing very strong job growth numbers of 200,000 per month. and suddenly everything seemed to hit a wall. we've had a run of bad luck. we had very bad snowstorms earlier this year, a series of natural...
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i really think the government's too big. i think we're outside the bounds of the enumerated powers and i think the problem is too big government we need to put it on a very strict atkins' style diet and lose about six or eight inches in its waistband. but i don't agree with him when it comes to tax expenditures that are stupid and calling that a tax increase if you take away the direct payments to somebody to get the todo something they already have todo. so in philosophy i agree, we need a smaller government, a more limited government, a more effective vernment, but i think the idea of somebody outside of congress telling us what our tax policy would be is ludicrous. >> rose: (laughs) this is what... i should make a point that we invited senator durbin and senator conrad tonight as well a they'll appear hopefully later this week. this is what david brooks said, as you well know. "if the republican party were a normal party it would take advantage of this amazing moment. it is being offered trillions of dollars in spending c
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. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. >> we've got to get on this now. >> right now. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: another blistering forecast greeted millions of americans today. the unrelenting hot weather broke a series of records, and triggered warnings in state after state. >> judging by the -- large portions of the country the sweating is way from over with temperatures over 100 degrees and above. >> how hot do you think it is. >> 109. >> in wichita, a high yesterday of 111 degrees, breaking a record set in 1982.
. >> i think it's got to work on a big scale. and i think it's got to be affordable. >> so, where are they? >> it has to work in the real world. at chevron, we're investing millions in solar and biofuel technology to make it work. >> we've got to get on this now. >> right now. the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations....
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family dinner is a big part of our show. the first thing we shot on the pilot, the first day, was the family dinner scene. we had to kind of pretend we had a relationship, but they are so good, these actors, and having done a long series, they are also so good as people. they are people i want to spend some time with. tavis: i had no idea your first answer would include a comment about those family dinners. as is often the case, i am in my dressingm
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i mean, the big difference between them... >>. >> rose: she was more hard line than he was and it'said she is even today in the councils of government. that she was more allied with bob gates than she was... >> yeah, that was the big difference during the campaign between them and that was what got oba doing soell in iowa was his rly opposition. >> rose: she supported the war even though it was just based on a speech that he'd written. so the last question is what's it going to take so that this is no longer true? >> think that it's going to be with us, charlie, for a very, very long time. and the reason i say that is that as the years go by it isn't that apresident has to think about vietnam, because vietnam has now insinuated itself int the d.n.a. of every presidt. now you think of code words. you think out having a clear exit strategy. >> rose: right. >> of giving clear instructions to the military. what are you really saying? you're really saying "i don't want another vietnam," but you don't articulate the word. you live the thought, the very essence of it. and that essence is now
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he's calling for a big, big compromise at this point. but let me ask you about what bipartisan folks like bowles, alan simpson, the center for responsible federal budget. i mean they're saying there's simply no way to get at this huge $14 trillion debt just on the spending side, that you have to go after revenues to get to that number. >> i think there's really two parts to that, judy. one is to reduce the overall business tax rate hopefully to make us more competitive globally. as i read president clinton reiterated today just makes sense if it's cheaper to do business here in the united states, then jobs will be created here. if it's cheaper to keep that cash and to create jobs abroad, that's what businesses will do because it makes economic sense. but again i think the last thing i would think you would want to do when the recovery is is so anemic and when the private sector is sort of sitting on the side lines because they don't know what the costs of doing business are going to be, tax rates, regulatory policy, that i think we need
he's calling for a big, big compromise at this point. but let me ask you about what bipartisan folks like bowles, alan simpson, the center for responsible federal budget. i mean they're saying there's simply no way to get at this huge $14 trillion debt just on the spending side, that you have to go after revenues to get to that number. >> i think there's really two parts to that, judy. one is to reduce the overall business tax rate hopefully to make us more competitive globally. as i read...
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. >> charl: linney is currently the star on the show time series the big c. here's a look at that series. >> the doctor. oh, pardon me, sir. dr. sherman, hi. my name's kathy. >> i'm the nurse. >> you're not a drug rap, are you? >> no, no, i'm not. i'm a dying woman who is trying to see the right doctor and ask him if he s any advice on how to save my life. the best i can do is spend the last two hours a day on hold from your office to find out if anyone's canceled. that's not okay. >> i'm going to asyou to leave. >> i will not leave. >> charlie: the big c is currently airing on show time mondays at 10:30 p.m. i'm pleased to have laura lean -- laura linney back at this table. >> thank you, charlie. >> charlie: when you look at that, what do you think? >> it's a weird, you know sort of tapestry of what you feel and i always feel slightly embarrassed when i look at myself. >> charlie: really? you don't look at this clinically and say i can't wait to have somebody watch it. >> i also good off camera. i give performances off camera to people who would never -- i m
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that's a big gap. means a lot of programs would be cut that would drive the u.s. into a recession. i think that's a much more likely scenario than a default scenario. it just seems inconceivable that the treasury department would not pay on our debt. that would create all kinds of havoc financially here and globally. so i don't think they'll do that. >> ifill: let me ask you a question in addition to that on friday night people said when the markets open on monday morning there is going to be a big effect because of the deal that fell apart on friday night. yet we didn't see that much of an effect, why is that? >> well, i think there, a lot of people are second-guessing how financial investors and financial markets are going to react. and they've been wrong and wrong again. most of the markets are a little jittery, a little nervous but they're not panicked yet. i think the heat will get turned up as it were, as we head closer to august 2nd. but right now i would say markets are nervous but not panicked. >> ifill: nervous but not panicked. let's talk about the state because a lot of
that's a big gap. means a lot of programs would be cut that would drive the u.s. into a recession. i think that's a much more likely scenario than a default scenario. it just seems inconceivable that the treasury department would not pay on our debt. that would create all kinds of havoc financially here and globally. so i don't think they'll do that. >> ifill: let me ask you a question in addition to that on friday night people said when the markets open on monday morning there is going...
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that's the big question. but you askd probably the most the smartest question which is even if that's the case, even if we get downgraded, will people stop buying treasurys? on a relative basis, we may still look like not a bad debt at least. >> but the problem in that scenario is that the cost to the government of getting money, of the price you have to pay in interest to get the money that you need will go up. if we're talking about a problem that is rooted in a deficit, a federal deficit that has grown dramatically in the last few years, you're now going to make that worse by making borrowing costs for the government higher. the irony is if the net result of trying to deal with the deficit will be to make borrowing costs higher so that the deficit becomes bigger rather than smaller over time, everybody will have shot themselves in the foot. >> starting with you, jerry, do you see much going on behind the scenes, contingency plans, you know, what-ifs? especially here in washington? you start with washington
that's the big question. but you askd probably the most the smartest question which is even if that's the case, even if we get downgraded, will people stop buying treasurys? on a relative basis, we may still look like not a bad debt at least. >> but the problem in that scenario is that the cost to the government of getting money, of the price you have to pay in interest to get the money that you need will go up. if we're talking about a problem that is rooted in a deficit, a federal...
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i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people, is dealing with the governments, dealing with the communities, dealing with the all the institutions, all the interests. so it's dealing with people is, like, the hard work. >> ( translated ): can't you see the government is lying to us? we'll be evicted like dogs one day. >> ( translated ): if you're wise, you should find somewhere to move to now. don't count on being given a house and don't think you'll come back here. when you leave, you are gone for good. >> ( translated ): how much did you say it was? >> ( translated ): that is 5,500. >> ( translated ): and electricity? >> ( translated ): 1,000
i mean, you need to go there with a big project, working together with the community, to have a big impact. now, the challenge is a lot of people need to be relocated. and the strategy to move people and to bring them back is still not clear. so i prefer not to-- you know, i can give you my opinion, but maybe it's better if i don't. you know, it's like this, when you work with people, it's not easy, never easy. you know, the infrastructure is the soft work. the hard work is dealing with people,...
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that's the big difference between the nba and the nfl. the nba owners and management are actually asking concessions from their players. >> howard beck, what would you add to that? help us understand the divide between the owners and the players in basketball. >> well, it basically breaks down along two lines for the nba. there's the philosophical or the stuck toural side of thisçç which is that they want to impose this hard salary cap instead of the soft cap which has all kinds of exceptions that allow teams to go past the cap limit on payrolls and a hard cap which would be an all-time first for the nba, something that players have been fighting against for decades really, ever since the sort cap system went into place. there's the structural. the other side is just the straight financial division of the revenues which are near $4 billion. currently the players make about 57%. the owners are saying they want to ratchet it down to more of a 50-50 split. even within that it's a redefined revenueç kol that they want to split 50-50. wha
that's the big difference between the nba and the nfl. the nba owners and management are actually asking concessions from their players. >> howard beck, what would you add to that? help us understand the divide between the owners and the players in basketball. >> well, it basically breaks down along two lines for the nba. there's the philosophical or the stuck toural side of thisçç which is that they want to impose this hard salary cap instead of the soft cap which has all kinds...
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. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: it was decision day in the house of representatives today as speaker john boehner faced a key test of his leadership, four days before the u.s. government could face default. "newshour" congressional correspondent kwame holman begins our coverage. >> reporter: house republicans pushed forward with a vote today on the speaker's plan, even as the measure faced a white house veto threat and a firm wall of opposition in the democratic- controlled senate. boehner's plan would cut the deficit by $917 billion over the next decade by capping the budgets of federal agencies. the proposal would also raise the debt ceiling by $900 billion enough to allow the g
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there's a big gap between leaders and voters. so the long-term potential of social media is to bridge that gap, to draw leaders so they can listen to people and give ordinary people a chance to engage people and explain. >> brown: limitations and all that you talked about. >> absolutely. >> brown: darrell west, andrew rasiej, cecilia kang, thank you very much. >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": high stakes deficit negotiations; budget woes in minnesota; the massive cheating scandal in atlanta's schools; southern sudan prepares for independence and the roger clemens perjury trial. but first, with the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: president obama announced today he'll begin sending condolence letters to families of soldiers who commit suicide in combat zones. the decision reversed a policy that's been in place for years. military suicides have risen during the long-running wars in iraq and afghanistan. in his statement today, the president said, "these americans served our nation bravely. t
there's a big gap between leaders and voters. so the long-term potential of social media is to bridge that gap, to draw leaders so they can listen to people and give ordinary people a chance to engage people and explain. >> brown: limitations and all that you talked about. >> absolutely. >> brown: darrell west, andrew rasiej, cecilia kang, thank you very much. >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": high stakes deficit negotiations; budget woes in minnesota;...
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murdoch is big in the u.k., but he is much bigger in the u.s. the worry for him is that u.s. senators are now on his days following the accusation that 9/11 victims and other families phones or hacked. >> if that is true and if there was any access to any of the victims records, then, you know, in my mind, it would probably be the most invasive and perverse information in's the final moments of their lives and a tremendous innovation to their families as well. >> 1989, the dawn of television's new age. >> mr. murdoch would see himself, rightly many would say, as the founder of bskyb. so to be told by politicians that he shall not press ahead and then to do is they insisted, well, it is a setback as embarrassing as any in his decades as the pinnacle of the british media industry. bbc news. >> while the pressure continues to build in britain, as you have seen here in the united states, there are growing calls for investigations into the activities of news corporation. joining me is our washington correspondent. thank you for coming in. who is calling for this investigation, and
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and i think that is the big challenge right now. how do we basically develop a political platform and a mandate to do those four things. >> i would add a couple things. to what tom said which i basically agree with. but first there is a cultural element here. it's not just a problem in washington, it's a pblem in the culture. a nation where people have distrust of authority, don't trust government, unwilling to accept sacrice, feel very threatened, want pore government than they are willing to pay for, and so there has to be a gigantic education campaign to go under that. and then the second thing i would add, and tom talked about a hybrid politics, i uld say we'vead it. and we just have to rediscover it. and i go back perpeally to my hero alex aner hamilton who created this hrid politics it was not -- he got us out of the big government versus small government debat he stood for lited b energetic government to enhance social mobility. so people in the hamiltonian practise decision which include the wig party and the lincoln an repu
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province along with another guy who was also close to the president, this is cumulatively speaking, it's a big blow for the karzai administration. you know, it'sçç confidant, relatives, high-level aides going back into april some of them are being killed. but more than who is doing it or who it's happening to, i would put it altogether by saying it's a real danger for the stability of the government and it makes it seem as if as the americans and nato begin to pull out, it's really not clear who is in control. it's really not clear where these chips are going to fall. >> you wrote aboutç that ioç oe of the recent pieces for the post that the tenor of kabul is changing. people seem to be preparing for that day when the last u.s. troops are out of there and trying to figure out where the power is going to be. >> exactly. people are very nervous and scared. the last time a super power was involved in afghanistan and suddenly left, which was of course the soviet union in 1989, it wasn't long after that that civil wary rupted which was incredibly vicious and destructive and destroyed much of
province along with another guy who was also close to the president, this is cumulatively speaking, it's a big blow for the karzai administration. you know, it'sçç confidant, relatives, high-level aides going back into april some of them are being killed. but more than who is doing it or who it's happening to, i would put it altogether by saying it's a real danger for the stability of the government and it makes it seem as if as the americans and nato begin to pull out, it's really not...
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sugiri. >> we have already changed from big family to small family. in 1970s, our fertility rate was 5.6 children per woman. now it is 2.6 per woman. it's very good in terms of decreasing fertility. but it is not enough. fertility should be 2.1. >> reporter: 2.1, that's replacement rate, is that right? >> yes, that's right. >> reporter: even after that success, the population isn't expected to level off until it reaches some 350 million. and there's one other big question about how much of a role gandarusa will play in lowering that fertility rate: whether or not it gets the approval of islamic religious leaders. some fundamentalist groups are opposed to any form of birth control. but dr. sugiri says, most mainstream imams approve of family planning methods if they are not permanent and do not harm the body. he is optimistic gandarusa will be available in indonesian stores as early as next year. he's less confident the drug will be sold in the united states any time soon, since strict food and drug regulations would require years of additional testing
sugiri. >> we have already changed from big family to small family. in 1970s, our fertility rate was 5.6 children per woman. now it is 2.6 per woman. it's very good in terms of decreasing fertility. but it is not enough. fertility should be 2.1. >> reporter: 2.1, that's replacement rate, is that right? >> yes, that's right. >> reporter: even after that success, the population isn't expected to level off until it reaches some 350 million. and there's one other big...
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>> smith: manning was taking a big risk. under the army's "don't ask, don't tell" rules, gay soldiers, like manning, were required to keep their sexual orientation secret. his friends also worried about his political activism. >> in his facebook profile, he posted signs and pictures at his presence at rallies. >> smith: gay rights rallies? >> right. this struck me as very dangerous to his position. i mean, i admired him for his... you know, for his courage on this, but i thought it might be a little bit foolhardy. >> smith: during this period, manning also started a relationship with a young man from upstate new york named tyler watkins. on weekends, bradley would visit him in boston, where watkins was studying. during those trips, the young intelligence analyst also found a new group of friends, computer science students and hackers. at the time, wikileaks was already making headlines, and julian assange was an admired figure among hackers. boston opened new doors for manning, but he had a problem back on base. >> he though
>> smith: manning was taking a big risk. under the army's "don't ask, don't tell" rules, gay soldiers, like manning, were required to keep their sexual orientation secret. his friends also worried about his political activism. >> in his facebook profile, he posted signs and pictures at his presence at rallies. >> smith: gay rights rallies? >> right. this struck me as very dangerous to his position. i mean, i admired him for his... you know, for his courage on...
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there is a big income divide. affluent republicans say it is more important to reduce the deficit but poorer republicans, middle class and lower middle class republicans say no, no, protect our benefits. >> woodruff: and are these attitudes, andy, that have changed over time with all the attention that's now being give tone the size of the debt and the urgency of the problem. >> you know, people are willing to do a lot of things to reduce this deficit. the concern is at an all-time high but when it comes to entitlements, there's no movement. it really is rock solid when we see 2 to 1 margins. >> and again entitlements meaning social security. >> and even medicaid, having states raise -- make it -- reduce eligibility for medicaid, not 2 to 1 but a solid majority say no let's not do that. >> woodruff: naftali -- with public opinion aside, what sort of divide or is there one among the leadership in the democratic or republican parties between the rank and file. >> i think that is one of the most interesting dynamics
there is a big income divide. affluent republicans say it is more important to reduce the deficit but poorer republicans, middle class and lower middle class republicans say no, no, protect our benefits. >> woodruff: and are these attitudes, andy, that have changed over time with all the attention that's now being give tone the size of the debt and the urgency of the problem. >> you know, people are willing to do a lot of things to reduce this deficit. the concern is at an all-time...
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the united states went into iraq in 2003, 2004, they appointed a viceroy, jerry bremer, who made four big decisions right away. can you run down those decisions and what was the aftermath of those decisions? >> the decisions had to do with this bending the army, outlined -- disbanding the army, putting thousands out on the streets without jobs. he united men with guns with men with ideas, fighting -- feeding into the insurgency. >> so that party was out. the police were out, the army was out. there was some kind of nationalization of industries or something like that? >> again, trying to get rid of the state-and entities to make it more efficient. >> and there were no state-run entities? >> there was a virtual government that did not have much of 40 -- much authority . >> what is the definition of insurgency? >> people have different definitions. in the case of iraq, it was forces opposed to the government taking up arms and using violence. that is certainly what we saw there, primarily by the sunni tribes. the chaos in iraq provided the opportunity for al qaeda to move in. so you had thi
the united states went into iraq in 2003, 2004, they appointed a viceroy, jerry bremer, who made four big decisions right away. can you run down those decisions and what was the aftermath of those decisions? >> the decisions had to do with this bending the army, outlined -- disbanding the army, putting thousands out on the streets without jobs. he united men with guns with men with ideas, fighting -- feeding into the insurgency. >> so that party was out. the police were out, the...
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is italy too big to fail? >> well, certainly it is. i mean, if you have to think about a rescue package for italy no one today has the money to put it up. i mean, let's face it, as you said before, italy is six times the size of greece. so i think that everybody should be quite calm. today the markets were doing much better. it's true, as ken was saying before, part of the confusion arose because of a fight over an internal political fight between berlusconi and finance minister tremonte. but the decree for a large austerity plan was already passed. and it was because of this fight that the markets feared that maybe this decree was not going to be approved by parliament. today the situation has been clarified. by friday this package will be passed and, you know, italy is going to go on by adopting this plan and by 2014 it will have a balanced budget which is going to be quite an enviable situation if all of this will go according to plan. >> suarez: professor rogoff, the news of the austerity plan seemed to have calmed really jittery m
is italy too big to fail? >> well, certainly it is. i mean, if you have to think about a rescue package for italy no one today has the money to put it up. i mean, let's face it, as you said before, italy is six times the size of greece. so i think that everybody should be quite calm. today the markets were doing much better. it's true, as ken was saying before, part of the confusion arose because of a fight over an internal political fight between berlusconi and finance minister tremonte....
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>> italy and spain are the big ones. it is impossible for the rest of the euro zone. it is too big. you would have to end up with the european central bank owning an enormous chunk. it becomes really serious. that looks like possibilities. the euro zone is running a out of countries to finance. >> turning to this country, here in the states, congress has its own budget crisis. if it does, what impact is the point to have on world markets? it is ironic that the u.s. is the most creditworthy countries in the world. that is almost voluntarily, the cutting default when it does the have to. if it did, that would create chaos throughout the global financial system. >> thank you very much for joining us. you are watching "bbc world news america." rare world elements are rare. u.s. is seeking a production into high gear. in moscow today, the celebrations were under way for the anniversary of the cathedral. on the edge of rex -- that of red square, it has then restored to its glory. >> the unique, st. basil's cathedral. bill during the era of ivan the terrible. when it was finished, he order
>> italy and spain are the big ones. it is impossible for the rest of the euro zone. it is too big. you would have to end up with the european central bank owning an enormous chunk. it becomes really serious. that looks like possibilities. the euro zone is running a out of countries to finance. >> turning to this country, here in the states, congress has its own budget crisis. if it does, what impact is the point to have on world markets? it is ironic that the u.s. is the most...
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. >> big. there you go. >> the overriding goal of counterinsurgency is to make friends. you make friends with the people; you isolate the insurgents. go where the people are. go where the population is. go to the population centers. get in among the people, protect the people, isolate the insurgents. >> narrator: but according to those close to the military command, counterinsurgency also involves hunting down the enemy. ( shouting ) >> clear. >> let's go, let's go, let's go! >> counterinsurgency doctrine believes in killing people. it just believes in killing the right people. and what's happened over the past five years is we've gotten far, far better at correlating human intelligence and signals intelligence to paint a very tight, coherent picture of who the enemy is and where the enemy hangs his hat. and we've gotten better at using precision firepower to give those people very, very bad days. ( glass breaking ) and i really think that this is redefining what counterinsurgency means in the 21st century. ( explosion ) >> narrator: overseeing the counterinsurgency camp
. >> big. there you go. >> the overriding goal of counterinsurgency is to make friends. you make friends with the people; you isolate the insurgents. go where the people are. go where the population is. go to the population centers. get in among the people, protect the people, isolate the insurgents. >> narrator: but according to those close to the military command, counterinsurgency also involves hunting down the enemy. ( shouting ) >> clear. >> let's go, let's...
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i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their promises. and to the extent that the congress and the president can agree on a long run fiscal plan, it raises the question of, are we ever going to get our act together so that we don't become greece? >> and is the market yet or do you suspect it will either price this in or panic? >> it's been amazing how calm the markets have been and i think there are two reasons for that. one is, they kind of assume that eventually washington will do what it has to do. and secondly, greece and europe have been such a preoccupation that nobody wants to h
i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their...
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new rules for leaders of big banks: the f.d.i.c. now can take back two years of pay from execs responsible for a large bank's failure, or negligent in that failure. critics like university of colorado finance professor sanjai bhagat say the new rules only cover salary, not the majority of a c.e.o.'s financial package, like stock and stock options. >> if most, or a good proportion, of a c.e.o.'s compensation comes from their stock and stock options, then the clawback feature might not have as much teeth as we would like. >> tom: and while there's much anticipation over the white house debt ceiling talks, the administration says it's unlikely a final deal will be reached at tomorrow's meeting. an administration spokesperson said a deal to raise the debt ceiling will likely need more sessions. still ahead, from buying a car to buying a house. tonight's "money file" on why your credit score is key to getting a good deal. >> susie: japan is talking stress tests. it's considering stress tests for its nuclear facilities to ease the public'
new rules for leaders of big banks: the f.d.i.c. now can take back two years of pay from execs responsible for a large bank's failure, or negligent in that failure. critics like university of colorado finance professor sanjai bhagat say the new rules only cover salary, not the majority of a c.e.o.'s financial package, like stock and stock options. >> if most, or a good proportion, of a c.e.o.'s compensation comes from their stock and stock options, then the clawback feature might not have...
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i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their promises. and to the extent that the congress and the president can agree on a long run fiscal plan, it raises the question of, are we ever going to get our act together so that we don't become greece? >> and is the market yet or do you suspect it will either price this in or panic? >> it's been amazing how calm the markets have been and i think there are two reasons for that. one is, they kind of assume that eventually washington will do what it has to do. and secondly, greece and europe have been such a preoccupation that nobody wants to h
i think it would be a big deal if the u.s. government couldn't pay its debts but i don't think that's where we're going to end up. we're not greece. greece is a small economy, greece is way, way deeper in hot than we are. people have lots of options where to put money and greece is low on their list because they think there's going to be a default. where the greece metaphor comes in is that greece and portugal and spain and ireland have raised questions about whether governments keep their...
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how big? >> another problem. because athis point they had a sort of hand shake dealor something over a trillion dollars in discretionary cuts. democrats said well, when you go into appropriations and start making these cuts this is how much that has to go to defense. republicans said no, they have t agreed to that yet. it's a major stumbling block at this point. so while it was beginning to look like in the biden talks that there was consensus around certain things, and i think it's true in some of the non-health maatory like farm subsidies and federal worker pensis and trb i care i understand is on the table, they agreedhat the were rape targets. but the idea that they agreed on what to cut and how to cut it i think was oversold. >> hunt: again, what's the defense target if they could get a con seine us? >> well, obama has offered something like $300 billion over ten. or $400 over 12. but i don't think republicans have been willing to accept that so far. >> hunt: when we talk about crunch time now, julianna, we'
how big? >> another problem. because athis point they had a sort of hand shake dealor something over a trillion dollars in discretionary cuts. democrats said well, when you go into appropriations and start making these cuts this is how much that has to go to defense. republicans said no, they have t agreed to that yet. it's a major stumbling block at this point. so while it was beginning to look like in the biden talks that there was consensus around certain things, and i think it's true...
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it was big tech and big banks leading the dow industrials. cisco systems and intel each added more than 2%. j.p. morgan and bank of america added more than 1.5% each. these are your top four performers for the dow today. drug giant pfizer is moving toward focusing on its ce business of prescription medicine. it is looking at options for its animal health and nutrition units. but it will keep its generic drug and consumer health businesses. pfizer shares were the most active on the big board, and the biggest loser of the dow today, falling 2.6%. news that it wasn't going to be more aggressive in selling off assets came as a disappointment. pfizer stock is up almost 40% over the past year. the materials sector was also a leader. miner freeport mcmoran jumped almost 4%, pushing up to its april high. volume was heavier than usual. union leaders at one of freeport's indonesian mines says production has stopped as thousands of workers continue on strike. that comes on top of bad weather hitting copper production in chile, fueling the stock buying.
it was big tech and big banks leading the dow industrials. cisco systems and intel each added more than 2%. j.p. morgan and bank of america added more than 1.5% each. these are your top four performers for the dow today. drug giant pfizer is moving toward focusing on its ce business of prescription medicine. it is looking at options for its animal health and nutrition units. but it will keep its generic drug and consumer health businesses. pfizer shares were the most active on the big board,...
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the country's debt limit, president obama this week appealed for a solution that would require both big cuts in spending and more revenue. >> so the bottom line is this -- any agreement to reduce our deficit is going to require tough decisions and balanced solutions. the president urged congress to reach a deal now. >> if the united states government, for the first time, cannot pay its bills, if it defaults, then the consequences for the u.s. economy will be significant and unpredictable. and that is not a good thing. >> we have a special report coming up later on the moral arguments in washington's intense debate over debt, spending and taxes. >>> in new york, there were celebrations after that state legalized gay marriage. some religious groups, however, continued to voice their objection to the law. new york's catholic bishops said the law will undermine marriage and family. in a separate statement, the bishop of brooklyn warned catholic schools against bestowing any distinctions and honors on the governor or on legislators who voted for the law. >>> in other news, palestinian leader
the country's debt limit, president obama this week appealed for a solution that would require both big cuts in spending and more revenue. >> so the bottom line is this -- any agreement to reduce our deficit is going to require tough decisions and balanced solutions. the president urged congress to reach a deal now. >> if the united states government, for the first time, cannot pay its bills, if it defaults, then the consequences for the u.s. economy will be significant and...
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. >> susie: detroit's big three automakers registered double digit sales gain in june, but japan's top two carmakers are still struggling. sales popped 10% at the nation's biggest auto maker general motors. ford sales rose 13%, but chrysler was the big winner: up 30% thanks to a batch of new models, including the newly redesigned dodge durango and the fiat 500. toyota and honda both post sales declines of more than 20%. korean automakers gained ground: hyundai up 16%. kia 41%. cars.com senior editor joe wiesenfelder says their small cars are in demand. >> yes, i do believe that hyundai and kia are taking advantage of some of the shortages in supply from honda and toyota. people that might have considered japanese might be willing to look at a korean manufacturer. generally speaking though, i think that hyundai and kia are doing well because they've been doing great work recently. they just keep adding more and more strong products. >> susie: while small, fuel efficient cars were top sellers last month, the recent drop in gas prices helped fuel an increase in truck and s.u.v. sales acro
. >> susie: detroit's big three automakers registered double digit sales gain in june, but japan's top two carmakers are still struggling. sales popped 10% at the nation's biggest auto maker general motors. ford sales rose 13%, but chrysler was the big winner: up 30% thanks to a batch of new models, including the newly redesigned dodge durango and the fiat 500. toyota and honda both post sales declines of more than 20%. korean automakers gained ground: hyundai up 16%. kia 41%. cars.com...
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>> well, this not that big of an oil-producing area. each side has important constituencies and very strong and emotional attachments which makes the resolution of that problem extremely difficult. still, we expect the african union to put forward a firm proposal on how to resolve this. people who fought in the civil war fought for political autonomy in the north and a greater sense of a quality and access to resources. those issues still remain to be addressed. there is an agreement on the political framework and there is not a cessation of hostilities. >> you convened a meeting of representatives this morning here in washington. do you think that the international community is prepared to fault the government of the north to accept the referendum and except the independence of the south and that border region? >> i don't think that we can force it but i think that the international trinity can have a tremendous influence on both parties. the government has to live in the region, the countries around them are deeply concerned. they nee
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. >> to which one answer might be "so why is it so big?" i mean, it is a vast territorial power which has, of course, significant ethnic minorities. they have large territories. >> rose: so you're suggesting that there is a history of chinese imperialism and any other historian who suggests that... >> no, no. i think that henry kissinger is clearly right. that it is not an eansionist power inhe sense thatfor exame, russia was. expanding constantly but i think... >> rose: and certain after the war. >> but i think that what you see already is a chinese strategic doctrine and kissinger, i think, would not dispute this which stakes an ambitious claim to a spheref influence as we rightly said and that would provoke conflict so i i think we're entering very very difficult times >> rose: well, your oxford colleague neil ferguson suggests that nationalistic forces will overwhelm and that there will be a conflict between... in some way between the united states and china. >> well any historian who has looked at the history of the rise and fall of gr
. >> to which one answer might be "so why is it so big?" i mean, it is a vast territorial power which has, of course, significant ethnic minorities. they have large territories. >> rose: so you're suggesting that there is a history of chinese imperialism and any other historian who suggests that... >> no, no. i think that henry kissinger is clearly right. that it is not an eansionist power inhe sense thatfor exame, russia was. expanding constantly but i think......
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we took a big step last friday. we recognized the t.n.c., the opposition group, as provisional... >> rose: and freed up billions of dollars. >> we're working through that through, as a legitimate vernment of libya. it'snteresting. this is... this has gone, i think, ptty wel fnkly we set out t try to protect citizens and civilians so 700,000 citizens in a wn in eastern libya on the coast called benghazi that was being threatened by qaddafi. >> the core of the resistance movement at the time. >> exactly. there was a history collective punishment. and the president decided that we couldct. that the contions were there for us to act effectively militaryly. we could do it with legitimacy, a u.n. resolution and the support of nay toshgs the arab league. we could do it with a real support from the t arabs, not just rhetoril support. we had a good division of labor that we could put in place that we would do the initial work that we could do uniquely and the others would follow on to carry on the other work, the ongoing wor
we took a big step last friday. we recognized the t.n.c., the opposition group, as provisional... >> rose: and freed up billions of dollars. >> we're working through that through, as a legitimate vernment of libya. it'snteresting. this is... this has gone, i think, ptty wel fnkly we set out t try to protect citizens and civilians so 700,000 citizens in a wn in eastern libya on the coast called benghazi that was being threatened by qaddafi. >> the core of the resistance...
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a very big figure. a man prepared to take on the south, and lost the south for the democratic party. what about johnson? >> he was from texas. he came from a segregated experience early in his life. he was actually moved by people around him. there was a case where marcus, from texas, came up from washington, and could not stop at hotels, restaurants, and so on. when he got to the white house, as you said, when he signed the civil rights act, he said i just cost the democratic party the south. that is really what happened. there are really two landmark figures in the book as far as president's goal who have made breakthroughs -- abraham lincoln, and lyndon johnson. it is interesting. he was not known as a pioneer in civil rights throughout his career, but after president kennedy died, in an effort to continue that legacy, he pushed far beyond what kennedy did on civil rights. even at the expense of the democratic party in the south, he did think it was the right thing to do, and he had a lot of criticis
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there are two big reasons for that. one was in the united states, we were very far behind medically. most american doctors never went to medical school and trained under doctors who never been to medicalchool. but they weresocial stigmas that we of e utmost barrier. one wa most american women would have preferred to diehan to have a man, a doctor examine their body and as a consequence, many american women died. the second thing was that cadavers were either hard to get or frowned upon in use for dissecting frowned upon pie society and they were expensive. you got them on the black market. most medical students never got chance to dissect a dead body take apart an arm or leg. in paris there was no problem about that. so they're dissecting bodies was a huge part of their medical education in paris. and they made the rounds with doctors examining female patients no less than male patients. >> charlie: i've always been fascinated by the idea of first adams, jefferson and anklin. of those three, is it automatic that jeffers
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too much liquidity, too big deficits, too much inflation. the kind of stagation that came at the end of jimmy carter's presidency. others areoncerned about t mistakes of the late 1930's or the mistakes japan made in the 1990's of an economy that simply stalls out because there ist enough demand. and even with the zero interest rate,removing that barrier to investment just never fully takes off. and my judgment for the first time in my professional lifetime is that for the united states, the much greater risk is on the side of making the mistake that japan made. >> chaie: not to do enough. >> not to do, not to do enough. and i think the people who are fighting the war of the late 1970's are with the best of intentions and with a legitimate concern by pvileging that concern are putting future prosperity at risk. >> charlie: how do you create demand? i know thebig picture. you use the government to promote policies. what are the policies to get people to demand more products so companies can make more products and hire more people and use capit
too much liquidity, too big deficits, too much inflation. the kind of stagation that came at the end of jimmy carter's presidency. others areoncerned about t mistakes of the late 1930's or the mistakes japan made in the 1990's of an economy that simply stalls out because there ist enough demand. and even with the zero interest rate,removing that barrier to investment just never fully takes off. and my judgment for the first time in my professional lifetime is that for the united states, the...
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there are big issues here. defense spending issues going to be very large, i think, for mcconnell because the reid approach had some serious cuts in defense spending. and then, you know,-- but mcconnell's already proposed some ideas that are likely to be incorporated in the reid-- in the reid bill that will allow the president to do a kind of second charge of increases in the debt limit without congress having much of an influence over it. congress would have to vote against it. so i think that the elements of a beale are here. you know, the problem from my perspective is, this is the easy stuff because it doesn't deal with tax,because it doesn't deal with entitlement. the question is, it doesn't even solve the deficit problem but it's been such a problem just to get the easy-- the question is that the rating agencies, the credit rating agencies and others, can can can they do the harder stuff right down the road? that, i think, is the real difficulty. >> one thing that hasn't been addressed, jim, and republica
there are big issues here. defense spending issues going to be very large, i think, for mcconnell because the reid approach had some serious cuts in defense spending. and then, you know,-- but mcconnell's already proposed some ideas that are likely to be incorporated in the reid-- in the reid bill that will allow the president to do a kind of second charge of increases in the debt limit without congress having much of an influence over it. congress would have to vote against it. so i think that...